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By Rob Shaul “SF45” is an acronym for “Strength and Fitness 45” and this programming is designed for older tactical and other high impact athletes in the 45-55 age range. SF45 Alpha is the first of a series of 4 training plans in this collection – Bravo, Charlie and Delta are the other 3 plans […]

By Rob Shaul The RASP 1&2 Training Plan is an Intense, 6 week training program is specifically designed to prepare athletes for Ranger Assessment and Selection Program 1 & 2.  The plan is designed to be completed the 6 weeks directly prior to your RASP start date. Week 6 in the plan is an  unload/taper […]

By Rob Shaul Lift-assisted, alpine skiing has very specific fitness demands. The first is eccentric leg strength. When alpine skiing, gravity “bounces” you down the hill. From a strength perspective, your legs first fight gravity from being forced into the mountain, and then pop up, out of the hole, into the next turn. Early in […]

By Rob Shaul From our beginning in 2007, Mountain Athlete, Military Athlete and now, MTI programming has always had a significant core strength emphasis. I’ve long felt that a strong midsection not only improves mountain and tactical performance, but is also a key part of durability: a strong mid-section protects vulnerable limbs and joints. The […]

By Rob Shaul Rat 6 Strength deploys MTI’s simple, direct, tested approach to percentage-based strength programming. I first developed and deployed Rat 6 progression methodology with the MTI lab rats in 2016. “Rat 6” comes from the lab rats I tested the programming  on (including myself) and the 6 classic barbell exercises we used: Bench Press […]

By Rob Shaul The Busy Operator Training Plan was developed after I received multiple emails from deployed military athletes who had completed our venerable Operator Sessions before deployment, but downrange simply didn’t have the time to complete the full 60-minute Operator Sessions Upon these requests, I developed a stripped down version of the Operator Sessions […]

By Rob Shaul The closest I’ve ever come to puking in the gym was during a Big 24 Strength Training Session – specifically, round 7 of heavy hang squat cleans. Many of my athletes have lost their cookies during a hard work capacity effort, but for me, panic breathing didn’t reach the intensity of Big […]

By Rob Shaul MTI is committed to leading research and programming development for loaded movement over ground. We have conducted multiple studies We recently updated our Rucking Improvement Training Plan to employ our latest improvements in Rucking endurance programming. This 15-week training program is sport-specifically designed to improve short, moderate and long distance  (3–12 mile) […]

By Rob Shaul   This is Version 3 of this training plan, updated July 2017. The Ranger School Training Plan has proven itself over the years for multiple athletes. (Read Reviews Here). Ranger School in total is a multi-month stamina effort. But the “crux” of the event, and where most fail, is the first week […]

By Mintra Mattison With the Athlete’s Subscription Package you get access to everything MTI has to offer. Here are 6 reasons why you should subscribe:   1. You get access to all of our Training Plans We now offer over 200 training plans across, Mountain, Military, LE, Fire Rescue and General Fitness. Chances are pretty high […]